Saturday Night's Main Event (July 28 / 90)
(Found this one in the archives as well, although it was just a text file so the formatting is wacky.)
- Taped from Omaha, Nebraska.
- Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura
- This one has a "Wild Kingdom" theme. (Because of Mutual of Omaha, which is exactly the kind of decade-delayed pop culture reference Vince would get.)
- Opening match, WWF title: The Ultimate Warrior v. Ravishing Rick
Rude.
Warrior destroys Rude (who has the new crewcut look at this
point in an effort to give him credibility) by tossing him from end to
end and atomic dropping him out of the ring. Back in and Warrior with a
couple of clotheslines and an axehandle off the top, but Rude moves out
of the way of the splash. As per the Saturday Night's Main Event
formula, Rude gets Warrior to chase him out of the ring and nails him
with the designated foreign object (in this case, the WWF title belt)
and takes control until the commercial break. But first Rude takes his
contractually obligated reverse atomic drop. But alas for Warrior, Rude
gets a sleeper hold after slipping out of a bodyslam. In an insanely
ridiculous bit, Joey Marella tests the Warrior's consciousness by
lifting his leg (instead of his arm). Warrior fights out, but Rude hits
the Rude Awakening. It gets two and Warrior makes the wildman comeback
with the usual, but Heenan puts Rude's foot on the ropes at two. They
fight outside the ring and Rude gets counted out. Warrior brutalizes
Bobby Heenan for fun. Not a good match. 1/2* (No way This was leading to a
cage match at Summerslam 90. I thought it would have sold better to
have Rude win the title here and Warrior regain it at Summerslam, but
then I'm not the booker. (Oh man, if you thought Warrior couldn’t draw before, dropping the title to Rick Rude would have KILLED him.) Some say I should be...
- And wasn't the world just waiting for a career retrospective on Hulk
Hogan, who suffered that awful career-ending injury against Earthquake.
*Sniff*. Get well, Hulk! Just to piss me off way back when, my dad
made a giant banner saying "Get Well Hulk" and hung it in my room, for
which I've never quite forgiven him. Of course, this is the same guy
who used to fashion nooses and randomly hang my LJN wrestling figures
around the house, so you can see how my upbringing may have warped my
life.... (“May have…”?)
- The Immortal Orange Goblin comes out for a quasi-inspirational
interview to hype his grudge match against Earthquake at Summerslam. I
fast forward. Earthquake and Dino Bravo run in to attack, but Tugboat
makes the save. Wow, this is sure exciting.
- WWF tag title match: Demolition v. The Rockers.
This is the sort-of debut of Crush, who was known as "B.A." at house shows before this.
Let's see, we have a wannabe golf pro (Barry Darsow), an nWo Japan scrub (Bryan Adams), a retiree (Bill Eadie), a jobber (Marty Jannetty) and a three-time WWF World champion (Shawn Michaels). 8 years ago, could *you* have guessed which would be which? Smash and Crush are doing the honors tonight. The Rockers start with some SWEET double-team flying
headscissors and housecleaning. Shawn hits a sort-of rana (with help
from Marty) but Crush decks him from behind to give the champs the
advantage. Crush is really, really bad at this point. He fucks up a
sunset flip with Jannetty and can't sell properly. (But he did demonstrate the three qualifications for a push in the 90s and beyond: Tall, muscular, full head of hair.) The Rockers control with double-teams on the arm of Crush but inevitably the Demos cheat and
gain the advantage. Jannetty is dead on the outside as we head to
commercial. We return with Smash going medieval on Marty, who takes a
couple of really choice bumps. Crush debuts the tilt-a-whirl
backbreaker and hits a pretty good chokeslam. Marty hits a desperation
move on Crush after some more punishment and hot tags Shawn, who is his
usual awesome self. Superkick and double dropkicks get rid of Crush,
and they hit the double superkick and the double flying fist on Smash
for two, but Crush makes the save. Shawn rolls up Smash and Ax rolls in
and hits a wicked clothesline on Shawn and makes the illegal pin
himself. Good little match with a hot ending. *** (Pretty sure it was better than that.) The Hart Foundation and the LOD run in to plead the Rockers' case, but no luck.
- Intercontinental title match: Curt Hennig v. Tito Santana.
Hennig dumped the Genius at the end of May and won the Intercontinental title
tournament with the help of new manager Bobby Heenan, defeating Santana
in the finals. This is the rematch. From here until Summerslam 91,
Hennig was God. (Not HHH level God, of course.) Santana blitzes Hennig to start, sending Hennig over the top (of course) and chasing him around the ring. Tito puts his head
down and gets decked very quickly. Off-night for Hennig as he kicks and
rests his way through the offensive portion. Tito hairpulls his way out
of a chinlock and begins El Comeback Superman-o. Hennig does a triple
somersault off a punch and takes out Earl Hebner, and of course Santana
goes for the figure-four then. Crowd is going nuts. And you know the
great part? When Tito releases the hold, Hennig sells the STRAIGHT LEG!
Awesome. Flying jalapeno as Hebner crawls over...for...two. Santana
with a clothesline off the top for...another...two...count. That's some
twisted ankle Hebner's got there. Santana calls in a new referee as we
go to commercial. We come back as Hennig also comes back. Chops
(whoo). Now Hennig goes through the Patented Offense (tm) and gets
towelled off by Heenan. Hennig even pulls out a thrust kick. Santana
returns fire and sends him over the top again with a punch, and of
course Hennig goes crotch-first into the ringpost. Santana with atomic
drop both ways, and a clothesline for two. Super hot crowd. Santana
puts his head down and Hennig hooks the Perfectplex, but Santana inside
cradles him for two, but Hennig reverses that for three. Whew. GREAT
MATCH! ****
- I'm skipping the various stupidity with Mean Gene and Lord Alfred
Hayes on safari for obvious reasons.
- Playboy Buddy Rose v. Kerry Von Erich.
This is the Tornado's WWF
debut. The announcers make fat jokes about Rose to kill time. Total
squash as Von Erich decimates Rose. Rose gets the token offense but
gets dumped off the top and tornado punched for the pin. DUD
- Rude comments.
- Warrior rebutts.
- Vince and Jesse wrap it up.
The Bottom Line: An *awesome* show for a SNME. Nuff said. (Indeed, a stone cold classic episode.)
Von Raschke > Von Erich
ReplyDeleteThat escalated quickly. Hard to talk Iron Claw without Von Rachke coming up. I always appreciated the discus punch added on top of Kerry's Iron Claw. Really added a sense of importance to all his matches.
ReplyDeleteI remember that Lawler/Tornado match from around 1988, and seriously, Kerry used the Claw AT LEAST 4 times, and the Tornado punch AT LEAST 5 times! I guess from a psychology point of view, it makes sense.... If your big moves connect, keep using them, but wow! Talk about a 2 move wonder!
ReplyDeleteShame on Scott for ignoring the Wild Kingdom bits. Epic cheesiness, with Snuka, Akeem, the Bushwackers, Jake Roberts and Koko B Ware making appearances in "Deepest, Darkest Africa"!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know, Rude winning here via cheating and losing at Summerslam wasn't that bad of an idea. At least it'd have gotten Rude a World title in the record books.
ReplyDeleteSo... the big, huge, OMG moment, was them totally ripping off the Bubba/Trish payoff from FOURTEEN YEARS AGO?? Ok then!!
ReplyDeleteThat kind of thing just simply did not happen until 7-8 years later, during the Russo Era.
ReplyDeleteWell... what else should it have been? Ray was making it clear he wanted Dixie to eat table, and she ate table. Besides, statute of limitations and all that. Not saying it was GOOD television, but they didn't swerve anyone and paid off with what the fans wanted to see.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they could hire Phineas/Mideon, and do a huge payoff where he... SLOPS Dixie!! SHEE HAASS BEENN SLLOOPPPPEEDD!!!
ReplyDeleteI think it's sad. I also think it's sad Bubba Dudley is the top face of a company in 2014. He's done great work but yeah, just don't care.
ReplyDeleteIf it means Dixie gets to take a long break from TV, I'm all for this.
ReplyDeleteMonster's Ball match was good, X Division Championship match was good, Dixie finally going thru the table was good. Everything doesn't need to be Judgement Day 2000 to be an enjoyable show. I foxed with this, and maybe it's just me being nostalgic because TNA is done - but I have liked their 2 hours of programming per week more than WWE's 5+ hours for several weeks now.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, the entire company is very close to taking a llooonnnggggg break from TV.
ReplyDeleteToo soon?
Except for with Sheiky Baby and Andre.
ReplyDeleteBubba likes powerbombing people through tables. It's his thing. They promised and delivered. (albeit on a lesser scale.)
ReplyDeleteA transitional champ is different from the same 2 guys trading the title back and forth within weeks.
ReplyDeleteStill, short reigns, and they are remembered for it.
ReplyDeleteJust not what I was referring to when I said that "that kind of thing never happened back then". anyway.
ReplyDeleteSay what you will about that, he main evented the 89 one.
ReplyDeleteUm... yeah he did.... What does that have to do with the IC SummerSlam curse?
ReplyDeleteThe Hennig/Santana match was insanely good for the time period.
ReplyDeleteHayes and Okerlund were total pros here. Those segments, as well as the upcoming Oktoberfest ones, were way better than they had any right to be. But, this is a rant from the late '90s and wrestling was SERIOUS BUSINESS, DAMMIT.
ReplyDeletehaha, the "serious business" thing was my exact thought.
ReplyDeleteOh I thought you only meant Beefcake.
ReplyDeleteCrush was the MAN. Once he became Kona Crush I was a fan for life. He's honestly probably my 3rd or 4th favourite wrestler ever.
ReplyDeleteGod...that whole last segment was so tedious, slow and completely lacking in any dramatic dynamics.
ReplyDeleteDixie comes to the ring. Why?
Dixie fires her two biggest guys. Why?
Dixie allows Bully Ray and friends to come to the ring. Why?
Dixie and friends stand and listen to Bully Ray. Why?
Dixie's friends, despite outnumbering Bully Ray & co., get cleared out of the ring in less than 10 seconds. Why?
Dixie, with no protectors, stands in the ring for more than an instant. Why?
It all happened with the speed of molasses.
Dixie and Spud just stand there on the ramp. Why?
And then the roster all comes out and forces Dixie into Bully Ray's arms...table...smash...cheers. Exactly as promised...and duller than dirt as a result.
Who could like this segment? Sadists. People with no imaginations. I have no idea.
Spike should pull TNA immediately. This segment should be its legacy.
THE END.
A lot of people loved him. Kinda crazy how badly that worked out.
ReplyDeleteInside the current arena, there's a Wild Kingdom display brought over from the old Civic Auditorium that used to house it. Reading this reminded me of how annoying it is.
ReplyDeleteIn my alternate booking universe where Warrior goes dark and wins the title at Summerslam 1992, Crush becomes the first major Babyface challenge for him and probably gets over like a mofo.
ReplyDeleteA major miss for Vince but Adams was going to fuck it up anyway.
I think four stars might be under rating it. After that match I was legitimately thinking Tito and Perfect should have done it against at Summerslam instead of him doing a quickie job to Von Erich
ReplyDeleteYeah he seemed to be a pretty rough character behind the scenes.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great match. One of the first matches I can really remember being blown away by.
ReplyDeleteMatch of the year for 1990 probably. It had very little competition...
ReplyDeleteYep, I did mean only Beefcake. IC match set up for 1988, gets cut open by Outlaw Ron Bass and ends up unable to make it... then 2 years later, IC match against Perfect, gets his face shattered in real life, misses the match again. CURSE.
ReplyDeleteTito might have been an interesting prospect to jump to NWA/WCW around that time. He could have been a nice hand in their TV title grouping.
ReplyDeleteI've said it twice before, that was a 10 minute match that felt like 20 (in a good way). Give Tito and Curt 20, or even 15 at Summerslam? Could've been an all time classic.
ReplyDeleteLOL at Gene calling The Genius the "master sausage stuffer" at the Oktoberfest SNME.
ReplyDelete"IT'S NOT JIM, IT'S GEEEEEENNNNNEEEEE!!!"
ReplyDeleteThis wasn't in your e-book The "complete" Saturday Night's Main Event. I demand conquinces, reproclusions, and reperations.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of Demolition, The Rockers, The Hart Foundation and The Legion of Doom in one ring together really puts a fine point on how much shittier the modern tag team scene has been for years...
ReplyDeleteA night so bad that Alberto Del Rio getting fired can't make it better?
ReplyDeleteI always enjoyed Santana's work as well, and it's still fun to watch old matches on Youtube. He sold a beating well, and he had some great hope spots, and his ~Flying Jalapeno! (TM Bobby Heenan) was sold as death when he actually hit it.
ReplyDeleteI think the main thing keeping him off in-ring ability lists is that he was basically a JTTS after Strike Force split, so people discounted him because he lost all the time..
It wasn't THAT bad. Predictable? Yeah. But sometimes a story just has to end in a predictable fashion, and even though we know exactly what's coming, that's OK. This was one of those stories.
ReplyDeleteI'm more interested in what happens next. I'd like to think this takes Dixie off TV for a while, as she already felt unnecessary once they brought in MVP as the new on-screen authority figure.
It seems TNA gets singled out unfairly for rehashing angles, characters, etc. At this point, isn't pretty much everything we see in pro wrestling a rehash of something from the past?
ReplyDeleteThe problem with Dixie going through a table is... what next? It's just another heel authority figure in wrestling getting their comeuppance, yet there is already another waiting to take her place. All that build for a visual--a moment--to pop one night's TV rating... but next week everything will still be as it already is, minus one character most fans have wanted off TV.
ReplyDeleteAll of these Heel Authority Angles want to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was Vince McMahon versus Stone Cold. The problem is Vince was a guy fans had seen on TV for nearly 20 years. To many he was just an announcer--they didn't really know (or care) that he was the owner of the company. Suddenly they acknowledged on TV that he was the owner, and with Austin rebelling against authority, it was natural storyline progression to root for Austin to give McMahon a Stunner. What no one anticipated was that McMahon would become an on-air antagonist to Austin--would be so good at it--and that Stunner was just the beginning of the story, not the finale.
That was like 16 years ago. The concept is beyond played out. It's currently being driven so deep into the ground as to be approaching the center of the Earth at this very moment in WWE with Triple H & Stephanie.
The irony with Dixie is that what she's done behind the scenes has & continues to ruin her company, yet people have been rooting for this table spot as if it's her paying penance for that--all while being part of the storytelling strategy that has & continues to ruin the company.
So if Rude wasn't the right guy in the eyes of the fans for Warrior to feud with (he already beat him), who was?
ReplyDeleteAssuming they hadn't de-pushed Savage & DiBiase already, either would have been a good fit (as Scott has noted in the past, both were pushed WAY down and feuding with midcarders by this point). I've said before that having Warrior demand vengeance for Earthquake injuring Hogan would've been a good start- Hogan/Quake felt like a bigger feud than Warrior/Rude.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to believe the Demos never actually turned heel. They just started working heel and everyone was like "ok then".
ReplyDeleteMan did you shortchange Hogan's return or what? With the crowd reaction it became obvious who the number 1 guy should be.
There wasn't anyone which is the main thing that killed him.
ReplyDeleteOther than Jailbird Crush which I didn't like, I was always a fan.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the catalyst for the Warrior/Savage feud? On the house show circuit, he was teaming with LOD to face Demolition after Summerslam and then in late October, he began facing Savage in matches he regularly lost by countout.
ReplyDeleteWas Savage/Warrior ever the plan for Rumble '91 when Warrior/Hogan was still on the table for Wrestlemania 7?
Santana was awesome. 24/7 opened my eyes to him with all those house show matches. He had some house show wars with Valentine years apart.
ReplyDelete"The problem with Dixie going through a table is... what next? "
ReplyDeleteNothing. It was to get her off TV.
Dixie has been acknowledged as the owner of TNA for quite sometime and Bubba wanted to put her through a table the same was Austin wanted to stun McMahon. The only difference is this was (and should be) a one and done thing. Austin stunning McMahon took place over years.
Do you analyze other wrestling organizations when they use similar approaches in segments? Because a lot of what you said there can be used in other angles done in the past.
ReplyDeleteThank. You.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was Queen Sherri asking for a title shot for the Macho King, and the Warrior telling her no. This led to Savage attacking Warrior at the Rumble and costing him the title. That was the setup for the Wrestlemania 7 match at least.
ReplyDeleteanother week, another better episode than raw... I know ppl get all excited for a company to fold and ppl to lsoe their jobs, but I want TNA to stick around.
ReplyDeleteI always saw ZE CLAW! as a heel move. One of the oddities of growing up with St. Louis wrestling was that we got Von Raschke and the Von Erichs. It seemed creepier with the Baron.
ReplyDeleteThis screams reboot with Dixie being pretty much dead. TNA could reboot as a good old-fashioned rasslin' promotion. Of course they'd have to get rid of that dumbass ring again.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who was almost moved to tears when, after Hogan got hurt they replayed one of the butt splashes in slow motion to the slow intro of Real American...Hey I was 11!
ReplyDeleteThe way they played it on TV was that Savage had gotten title shots against the Warrior already, (on the house show circut) and hadn't gotten the job done so the Warrior wasn't giving him anymore....Randy didn't like that to much.
ReplyDeleteIt was something like that. Someone made an interesting point during the last SNME rant in that he though the WWF were trying to turn the Hart's heels. The problem though was that outside of realigning with Jimmy Hart, there was NO WAY the fans were booing The Foundation at that point, (trust me I was a HUGE foundation mark at the time.) Someone had to go heel for the feud, so they brought in crush and just started acting kind of meaner.
ReplyDeleteAs an 8 year old, I thought Hulk's career was over due to Earthquake's sneak attack on The Brother Love Show. The tribute video made sooooooo sad. I hated Earthquake, but I also hated Tugboat for being a scrub and I hated Warrior for beating Hulk.
ReplyDeleteI was so pumped for this SNME. I was cheering when Hulk was introduced. I was also cheering for Rude to win the title.
I was 8, and got a little emotional about the video.
ReplyDeleteNo way. All of my friends in the neighborhood were crying in their AppleJax too. Well all wrote letters! lol
ReplyDelete1980s Tito is stellar. Not just the house show matches, but he would regularly have good 15 minute matches with Valentine, Orndorff, etc. on the Saturday/Sunday morning shows. Great babyface.
ReplyDeleteYeah they did the whole "Sherri asks Warrior for a title shot" thing a bunch of times -- I think on Superstars of Wrestling she showed up on the Brother Love show and ended up slapping him to start the angle.
ReplyDeleteI'm 99% sure Hogan/Slaughter was "the plan" shortly after Summer Slam at the latest.
"Hell no I'm not retiring!"
ReplyDeleteYEAH! GO GET 'EM, HULKSTER!
You had Apple Jacks? Lucky! My mother only bought healthy cereals. I still wrote a letter, although I was never able to track down a Hogan friendship bracelet.
ReplyDeleteTito was so, so good. It's a shame he got that dumbass Matador deal. I'd have turned into JYD the second Vince threw that gimmick at me. Cash them checks, Tito.
ReplyDeleteI was 6... and that's what hooked me.
ReplyDeleteI still thought Warrior was cooler.
Plus I was a skinny kid so the thought of a big fat person crushing my ribs was very real and very terrifying.
ReplyDeleteKerry's signature move was looking good for the girls.
ReplyDeleteI actually got an oversized kind of postcard back. It was basically an ad for Summer Slam 1990... only I got it in September haha.
ReplyDeleteI think there was an ulterior motive there too -- they signed LOD in June 1990 or so I think and they definitely wanted Demolition to be the heels in that feud.
ReplyDeleteI was as skinny as they come
ReplyDeleteAnd for those wondering, (I'm sure no body is but still...) I didn't get teary eyed during the Triple H Beautiful Day tribute...though I was pretty stoned when I first say it....it was pretty damm awesome. I actually watched it over and over again after Raw had ended...I was still stoned after Raw had ended.
ReplyDelete1990 is one of my favorite years for pro wrestling. The Royal Rumble-SummerSlam time period fascinates me.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think because he was de-pushed post-1990, he never really got a chance to impress people in the dawn of the internet age. I mean, it's understandable- he didn't have much charisma, and he had ALREADY had his huge push in the mid-80s as an IC Champion and great upper-midcard babyface. So he'd gotten a bit stale after around ten years of being there, and it was time to push other guys. But still, he could go in the ring and he never got a chance to let it all hang out with Bret, Shawn and others once they'd hit THEIR primes (though by that time he was a fair bit older).
ReplyDeleteMy family at least allowed us the "junk" cereals so long as we ate a bowl of the healthier stuff first. Still, Froot Loops were a rare occurrence.
ReplyDeleteI rented the Rumble & Survivor Series tapes ALL THE TIME from the local video store. They were just the most amazing things ever.
ReplyDeleteat least WWE rehashes from their OWN company. they don't try to be another company, they actually have their own identity.
ReplyDeleteYep, after Savage lost like 1800 rematches against Hogan, they made it clear that he had lost a ton of title matches against Warrior again. Savage was just nowhere near those 2 after he turned heel.
ReplyDeleteIf they're going to go all Attitude Era - even if it's a ripoff - fine. The problem is that it's still too WWE-lite and their two hours (or whatever it is) a week is not as good as WWE's best two hours a week. And TNA has some great wrestlers, but they don't often manage to put on good matches, which should be the easy part.
ReplyDeletethat of course went WWWAAYYYY over my head as a kid.
ReplyDeleteMy point is they spent an entire series of TV tapings building to a spot that you can only do once, maybe sold a few extra tickets, might pop one TV rating, but does nothing to really further any ongoing storylines, create new stars, set up future matches, build to a PPV, etc. Dixie & TNA hyping this as one of the great moments of the company at a time when it's struggling to survive is a prime example of why they are in that very dire position.
ReplyDeleteJessicka Havok is sort of an American Bull Nakano. She'll be a fresh face in the women's division. I've seen in tag matches with Sami Callihan and Adam Cole and she belonged in the same ring. Good work ethic.
ReplyDeleteBecause fat people don't have crushable ribs!
ReplyDeleteWIndham/Rotundo vs. Sheik/Volkoff?
ReplyDeleteWWF booked themselves in a corner with this one and no good booking decision could have been made. Personally in the months leading up to Summerslam, I would've had Warrior form an on-screen friendship with someone (say Brutus) then you have Rude kill Brutus on this show to add heat to the Warrior feud.
ReplyDeleteAll good choices, but Hennig would have also been another good choice, especially had Hogan not end his winning streak.
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad she got away from DJ Hyde and his shitball promoting when she did. Fuck that guy.
ReplyDeleteAnd especially if Hennig had managed to pin Warrior in that Survivor Series match where he hit him with the Perfectplex. Would have made him look amazing since he had also pinned the IC champ in that match.
ReplyDeleteTito had really good in-match charisma, he just couldn't cut a promo. Also when they switched him to wearing white trunks all the time he was certainly less intimidating.
ReplyDeleteI hated Kona Crush because he looked so ridiculous in all that orange and purple and making crazy-babyface-monster faces. I liked him in Demolition. I wish he had just kept the Demolition garb when he went solo. Have him get frustrated with the team, attack and "fully" retire Ax, then win a one-month feud over Smash to send him packing, and then you've got a new monster heel.
ReplyDeleteLike HHH being dropped off the forklift in a limo, she'll be back next week without even a band aid.
ReplyDeleteAn indie wrestler I knew told me about a match he saw where Raschke went for the claw hold, but the babyface ducked, and just like the chair that bounces off the ropes and hits the heel in the face, the CLAW bounced off the ropes and BVR caught himself with it and couldn't let go right away.
ReplyDeleteAnd I liked Windham's best.
I'll be updating said e-book once I run through all these.
ReplyDeleteOh, and they could be the One Warrior Nation! THEY'LL MAKE MILLIONS!
ReplyDeleteI was a fatty bo batty, so I was rooting for Quake. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThey don't have much time if the TV deal doesn't go through. Besides do you WANT Dixie to get powerbombed every week like the way McMahon got stunned?
ReplyDeleteYep, Tugboat was pretty random choice for the top of the card, even for a Friend of Hogan. Did they give him that spot out of the blue because they had big plans for him? He was really built as one of those "big fat heels" Scott talks about from the 80's who Hogan would roll over. They really should have brought him in as Typhoon from the get go, teamed him up with Quake and had Hogan grab a buddy (Beefcake from the summer before was there or even Andre's career redeeming face turn). Tugboat's face run really went nowhere after Survivor Series 90 as he was off the card of WM VII.
ReplyDeleteI don't hate ADR, but I won't miss him either.
ReplyDeleteWhat was one of the many great things about that henning-santana match was Heenan facial reactions and emotion during it that sold how close Henning came to losing the belt. Just a pure classic SNME
ReplyDeleteSame there, along with Summerslam 90, such a great time period. For me it was post Mania 4 until late 91/early 92.
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